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Originally Posted by TrashyContent
This is quite a interesting thread as I find myself in a similar situation...
I shot a model propably 3-4 years ago... like Simon said about his model, this model did not have a model name, so we created one for her... we bought a website with the same name... and launched a paysite for her.
In our opinion we created the models name, the persona and the website...
Now her new manager/agent as just contacted us demanding we give them the domain name... they are claiming we're denying her the opportunity to make money from her name... and in turn the domain name.
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If you had been smarter at the time you should have done like Digital Playground does in the adult business or Vince McMahan does in the WWE and had the model sign an agreement where she agrees to take on the role of a "character" owned and trademarked by your company, which also owns the movies she appears in as well as the corresponding domains in exchange for a certain amount of work, a certain amount of monetary compensation & promotion. Then not only would she or her manager have no right to tell you not to use the name, but she herself would have no right to use it without you. I never bother with this because I am not in the solo site business. But if I was, it would be the only way I would proceed.